Wycoff robbins



WYCOFF ROBBINS, OF HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 91,771, dated June 22 1869.

IIMPROVED DITCHER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

. To all whom 'lt may concern:

. Beit known that I, WYooFF ROBBINs, of Hancock county, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain l new and useful Improvements in Ditchers or Scrapers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereoreference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1' is a top view of my improved ditcher.

Figure 2 is a rear view of same.

Figure 3 is a front view.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a rapid means of making roads, ditches, hedge-rows, and throwing dirt up to plank fences.

To enable others skilledin the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. p

I construct a wooden frame, A A, sbod with platesteel on the bottom, to prevent wear, hinged at ff.

Ou one wing of the frame is attached a ange, C, of steel, and on the other wing is attached a steel flange, B. v l

The point oftheditcher is covered with plate-steel, running far enough back on the side of the hinge ff A A, by a. chain or anything else suitable, passing through Ii, and fastening with a clevis and pin at l.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by `Letters Patent, is-

1. The frame A A, when constructed with flanges B and C, and secured by a hinge, f j, all operating substantially asvand for the purpose set forth.

2. Also, the combination of the frame A-A, anges i B C, connecting-bars D D, hinge f f, clevis-holes l Z,

bitching-holes t' t', when the same are` constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

WYOOFF ROBBINS.

Witnesses A. P. MINETTE, J. N', HARTWELL. 

